Index Plan Showing Mesopotamian Railways (Preliminary Plan). 20th Feb 1918
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Preliminary plan of Mesopotamian Railways showing various lines both built and under construction (including standard, metre, narrow and decauville gauge) with a key to track sizes inserted at the bottom left-hand corner. Signed; ‘Guy Lubbock Br...
Map to illustrate the Military Report on Tehran and adjacent provinces in N. W. Persia
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The map is of Tehran and the surrounding parts of north west Persia on the south coast of the Caspian Sea. It shows human settlements, administrative zones, topographical features, agricultural products, and roads. Beneath the main map are two smaller maps, one showing the areas surveyed by the ...
Sketch Map of the Retirement from Butaniyeh Camp to Nasiriyah
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1713, Nov. 1916. Distinctive Features: Sketch map issued to accompany ‘Report on Operations Against Arab Tribesmen on Euphrates Line' showing the approximate location of enemy’s forces including guns positions. Signed: ‘W.E. Perry, Captain R.E. Survey ...
‘Rough Sketch Map Illustrating the Defence of Shaiba on 12th April 1915 and Apparent Movements of the Turkish Forces’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1242, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Shaiba and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix B’ to illustrate British military operations on 12th April 1915 showing the British and enemy forces with guns position indicated. Bottom right ...
‘Operations on 12 April 1915 Sketched from R.H.A. position on No. 8 Picquet Hill Looking Towards Zubair’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1249, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix C’ to illustrate British military operations on the 12 April 1915 showing the British and enemy forces with landmarks labelled for reference...
‘Panorama from Kiln Post, Shaiba Shewing Ground Over which Arabs Attacked on the morning of 13th April 1915’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1248, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix 12’ to illustrate enemy’s military operations on the 13th April 1915 with landmarks labelled for reference. Bottom right hand corner: ‘(Sd...
‘Panorama from Watch Tower on out Extreme Left on 14th April 1915 Looking Towards Bar Jisiyah Woods’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1250, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix 13’ to illustrate British military operations on the 13th April 1915 showing the movements of British and enemy forces with landmarks labell...
‘Panorama from Zubair Gate, Basrah. Shewing the Flooded Desert and Various Convoy Routes to Old Basrah and Shaiba’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1251, June, 1915. Distinctive Features: View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix 14’ to illustrate British military operations on the 13th April 1915 with landmarks labelled for reference. Bottom right hand corner: ‘(Sd...
‘Map of Operations Against Dilwar 10th to 16th August 1915’
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Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1376, October, 1915. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Sketch map of Dilwar produced to illustrate a report on British military operations in the area between the 10th and 16th August 1915 showing the location of Dilwar forts, base cam...
